The dancer says she can still feel her famous husband’s hand in hers and his presence in their house, even though it has been four months since he passed away.

The 53-year-old, married to Swayze for 34 years before he died of pancreatic cancer, says: “Honestly, the kind of grief I experienced after Patrick was gone was literally on a cellular level. It’s something deep inside your body that you have no control over. I can still feel the contour of his hand in mine.

“Sometimes when I’m driving on the freeway, I feel like I can just look over and see him sitting beside me like he did when I would take him to his chemo treatments.

“I’d put the pedal to the metal in our car and he’d break out into this big, mischievous grin.

“And I’d reach over and grab his hand and it was wonderful.

“Even though we’d be on our way to chemo, we both savoured those moments.”

Niemi also says she feels Swayze’s presence when she stays on their New Mexico ranch.

“The moment I set foot inside the house, it was like I was seeing it with new eyes,” she says.

“I realised it was still our home and there was an unexpected comfort there for me. It felt beautiful, serene and peaceful.”

Speaking about Swayze – who played a ghost in the hit film of the same name – she says: “And I remember sitting on our porch and saying to myself: ‘See, there’s nothing to be afraid of’.

“I saw Patrick there in the most loving and positive way. And it was like he was sitting on my shoulder, saying: ‘Look at what we built together here’.”

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Lisa Niemi and Don Swayze told Larry King Live about the day that the family found out about his illness.

Lisa said: “He was having some indigestion problems and then noticed he had some jaundice. And we immediately got him in. And everything just kind of snowballed from there. And I didn’t know a lot about pancreatic cancer at that point, but he did. And when he got that diagnosis, first thing, unfortunately, because of pancreatic cancer, he said, ‘I’m a dead man’.”

Don was with Lisa when Swayze broke the news to the family.

He said: “I was looking in my big brother’s eyes and he didn’t even flinch. I don’t know what was going through his mind, but after about 15 seconds, his eyes narrowed and he said, well, it’s time to jam. It’s time to get busy.”

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Grey, who starred alongside Swayze in the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing, said her co-star’s battle with cancer hit her particularly hard.

Grey said: “I think the reality [of his death] is shocking to me and really sad. I have been sad for the two years he was sick.”

She continued: “I realised I had a real depth of feeling for him that I hadn’t felt like I got to express to him enough. For that, I feel grateful for the chance to have him in my heart. In that sense, it was beautiful because I felt the gift of him in a strong way.”

She added: “He was a very original, special guy… [his death] was such a shock, even though there was no surprise.”

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The late Patrick Swayze has been honoured by a group of dancers.

Career Transition for Dancers, which helps dancers who have been injured or are seeking a new direction with age, has bestowed its annual award on actor Swayze at a gala event in New York City.

Swayze's wife and high school sweetheart Lisa Niemi appeared to fight back tears as she accepted the group's Rolex Dance Award. She told the audience Swayze was now "dancing with the angels".

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Patrick Swayze's grieving wife Lisa Niemi could not hide her joy as she looked at footage of her late husband – saying: "Gosh, doesn't he look like an angel?"

Niemi revealed on US TV show The View that she was "hanging in there" following the late actor’s tragic death, but admitted that at times her grief has been so intense it has made her feel as though she were having “a full-blown panic attack".

"It's like being in a pressure cooker, it builds up so, so much," she said.

But after being shown a clip of her husband's last interview, at which she was present, Niemi broke out into a huge smile. "Looking at that clip the first thing I thought was, 'Gosh, doesn't he look like an angel?’" she said, proudly.

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